What are the best economic policies to promote global recovery? In the first of a series of exchanges, Steven Kates, Associate Professor of Economics at RMIT University, tries to persuade Louis-Philippe Rochon, Associate Professor at Laurentian University and Founding Co-editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics, that Keynesian theory just makes economic problems worse.
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Elgar Debates: How to Promote a Global Economic Recovery? The Keynesian vs. Free Market approach
The case for launching the new ‘Review Of Keynesian Economics’ Journal – by Louis-Philippe Rochon
January 10, 2013
It is widely recognized that economic crises can sometimes trigger enormous change, both with regard to economic theory and the politics of governance. Today, the global economy is struggling with the fall-out from the financial crash of 2008 and the Great Recession of 2007-09. The economic crisis that these events have generated, combined with the failure of the mainstream economics profession, has again put the question of change on the table.
November 13, 2014
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